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Clapham Junction Insider: Green flag for High Court proceedings triggered by resident’s group
Clapham Junction Insider | 18 February 2025 | Cyril Richert Wimbledon park: Green flag for High Court proceedings triggered by...
Feb 19


SWP response to Telegraph's Simon Briggs: “Wimbledon desperately needs to expand to catch up with sprawling Australian Open”
Simon Briggs (The Telegraph, 27 January 2025) noting the 1.1million attendance at this year’s “sprawling” Australian Open, suggests that...
Jan 30


Peter Day (Day vs Shropshire): "...The AELTC can’t just make some land grab because it suits their commercial ends and nor should Merton and the GLA bow to that pressure"
Dr. Peter Day (of Day vs Shropshire ) has commented on the AELTC planning application to build on WImbledon Park, Grade II* Heritage...
Jan 15

Clapham Junction Insider: "Residents’ group launches legal action against Wimbledon Tennis Club expansion" (a comprehensive explanation of the current situation with the SWP campaign)
Clapham Junction Insider | 13 January 2025 | Cyril Richert (This article provides an excellent explanation of the latest situation with...
Jan 14

Mail Online: Wimbledon's £200m expansion plans set to be decided in court as angry local residents launch legal action against club's proposal...an extremely uncomfortable position
Mail Online | 6 January 2025 | Matthew Lambert "......for a club which prides itself on being a jewel in the crown of its community, to...
Jan 11

The Standard: Legal challenge launched against Wimbledon expansion plan. "Wandsworth Council Leader Simon Hogg: Plans are damaging to the environment"
The Standard | 6 January 2025 | Noah Vickers "Plans are damaging to the environment" "...Wandsworth Council leader Simon Hogg said: “We...
Jan 10

Comprehensive Press Coverage regarding SWP Legal Action !
There has been comprehensive press coverage in the last week since Save Wimbledon Park announced that we have started legal action to...
Jan 9

Private Eye: Parks & Recreation. A SURPRISE twist in the ongoing Wimbledon Park saga.
Private Eye | 8 January 2025 "A SURPRISE twist in the ongoing Wimbledon Park saga. It seemed to be full steam ahead for plans from the...
Jan 8

SWP Has Started Legal Action to Challenge the Validity of the Mayor of London’s Decision to Grant Planning Permission
Statement dated 3 January 2025 Save Wimbledon Park Ltd (‘SWP’) has started legal action to challenge the validity of the Mayor of...
Jan 3

The AELTC goes to Court on the Statutory Trust
In our continuing campaign to protect Wimbledon Park, and as promised in our message of 30 September, SWP (Save Wimbledon Park Ltd) has...
Dec 12, 2024

Save Wimbledon Park Takes Action !
When in September 2024 the GLA decided to approve the plans of the All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) to develop Wimbledon Park, the...
Dec 11, 2024


The Save Wimbledon Park Group Continues its Fight With AELTC Over Their Development Proposals
Following the decision by the GLA on September 27 to allow planning to proceed on the heritage parkland, the campaign group, first...
Nov 16, 2024

Clapham Junction Insider: City Hall approves the controversial Wimbledon Tennis Club expansion, but legal challenges loom
Clapham Junction Insider | 28 October 2024 | Cyril Richert " On Friday 27 September, Jules Pipe, London’s Deputy Mayor for Planning,...
Nov 3, 2024

Architect's Journal: Astragal: Coronation Street’s Lily Dempsey rallies to save Wimbledon Park
Architect's Journal | 25 October 2024 | Astragal "A former TV soap star has kicked up a racquet over Allies and Morrison’s Wimbledon...
Oct 30, 2024

Mail Online: Actress, 99, says she will chain herself to a tree to stop Wimbledon from carrying out £200million expansion, declaring 'let them arrest me'
Mail Online | 16 October 2024 | Lettice Bromovsky "An actress has declared that she will chain herself to a tree to prevent the All...
Oct 16, 2024


The I: Three ways angry residents hope to scupper Wimbledon’s £200m expansion
The i | 3rd October 2024 | James Gray “The All England Club’s £200m plans to expand Wimbledon with an additional 39 grass courts and...
Oct 7, 2024


The Standard: Campaigners consider legal action in bid to 'fight on' against Wimbledon expansion
The Standard | 30th September 2024 | Noah Vickers " The plan, which won permission from City Hall last week, will see 39 new tennis...
Oct 1, 2024


Save Wimbledon Park Response to the Decision by the GLA Deputy Mayor for Planning to Approve the AELTC Planning Application
We are naturally disappointed by the decision taken on Friday by GLA Deputy Mayor Jules Pipe to accept his officer’s report and approve...
Sep 30, 2024

Extensive Coverage of the Deputy Mayor's Decision to Approve the AELTC Planning Application
There has been extensive press and other coverage of the Deputy Mayor's decision to approve the AELTC's planning application to build...
Sep 29, 2024


Press Coverage of the GLA Planning Officers' Stage 3 Report Ahead of the Hearing into the AELTC Planning Application on 27th September
The GLA's (Greater London Authority's) Stage 3 report into the AELTC Planning Application to build on Grade II* Heritage Wimbledon Park,...
Sep 21, 2024
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